Cross platform gameplay (Gaming)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 18:40 (2715 days ago) @ Cody Miller

There is no reasonable "balance issue" I can think of to prevent people from either using the same characters across Destiny for Windows and Destiny for Xbox.

I thought you were talking about cross playform co-op. As in, simultaneous play with someone on the PC and Xbox. As far as just characters being platform agnostic, this is probably true, although what if things like drop rates were adjusted? Then you could gear up faster on one platform, and transfer to the other. Or maybe certain perk combinations are removed on one platform only. Only thing I can think of that they might object to.

Has that ever happened with Destiny on a single platform?

No, but until now every platform had a controller as input. The keyboard and mouse changes everything. So a perk combination may be fine on XBox, but way overpowered when you have the precision on a PC.

Even if it were true, it means absolutely nothing for PVE.

Besides, isn't Microsoft going to be adding mouse and keyboard support at some point?